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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sawyer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

61 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
sawyer1243804(None) 
lawyer12386971lawyer
sawer85026211saw_er
sawyers13317531sawyers
sayer84926551sa_yer
swayer125210971swayer
bawler114315052bawler
bowyer14368922bowyer
fawner125910462fawner
gawker14559352gawker
gawper12499692gawper
gayer94519192ga_yer
hawker164812662hawker
hawser125910842hawser
hayer114620242ha_yer
lawyers13377152lawyers
layer84626472la_yer
pawer104422972paw_er
pawner114212922pawner
payer105125722pa_yer
rawer84623732raw_er
saber75330242sa_ber
sacker125124842sacker
sadder82916972sadder
safer84721812sa_fer
sager65432052sa_ger
sagger84321072sagger
sagier73717162sagier
sailer63526102sailer
saker95132022sa_ker
salter64325082salter
salver94617752salver
sander74828532sander
saner54334322sa_ner
sanger74524562sanger
sapper103822352sapper
satyr848482saty_r
saucer84314102saucer
sauger74316252sauger
saver84831252sa_ver
sawed95628402saw_ed
sawers94620162saw_ers
sawney12387602sawney
sayed96127142sa_yed
sayers94221592sa_yers
sewer84426222sew_er
shyer114714782s_hyer
slayer93916332slayer
slyer85515122s_lyer
sower85229312sow_er
spawner12347362spawner
spryer11418532spryer
stayer94516482stayer
swager104013612swager
swayed133510262swayed
swayers13398852swayers
sweer84918572s_weer
tawer85223442taw_er
twyer11558522_twyer
yawner12428472yawner
yawper14437952yawper

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551612.62331472.0
3Display Results61610.0163812.5
 (SQL Overall)178691612.98259923.2
 
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